European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday decembers 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 for keeping buildings old Charm by Ron Jensen a Turnberg Bureau Quot Grafe Wohr Germany the 7th army training Comdr a Home in far Eastern Bavaria is reminiscent of an Alpine Village. Trees. Snow. Half timbered houses. This is no Accident. The base built by the Royal bavarian army in the pc world War 1 years has been care Feily renovated during the past decade to Mafut Tabbits original appear and. Quot that a our main thing a said Josef resold the chief of the design Branch for the 409th base support in and a 30-year employee of the americans. 14 you have to keep it like it  his design table is always the starting Point for any renovation work and he is aware of the importance of that task. 44 we Are engineers he said.44 we know How to do this  As evidence of that Karl Kampol the president of the Obe Pfalz Region in which Grafen Wuhr lies presented the 7th army training come with a certificate of appreciation thursday for the respect for history shown during renovation work Over the past 10 years. 441 would like to thank All those responsible leaders As Well As All those who were and still Are involved in the achievement of this great task a Kampol said As he presented the Honor to Brig. Gen. Charles h. Baumann who Heads the training command. Renovation of the 80-year-old buildings has been a Central part of the engineering work at Grafen Wuhr. In the past three years nearly 36 million German Marks about $23 million has been spent to upgrade eight buildings that serve As a hotel with 92 rooms for visiting soldiers and family members. The site was named the Best lodging facility in the . Army Europe this year said Norma Grice the transient lodging manager. The Grafen Wuhr army base was first carved from the bavarian Woods from 1909 to 1915, Kampol said. The half timbered look is a stranger in this part of Germany but was imported by an architect named Sievers who lived in Nomberg where the style is More prevalent. Allied bombing raids on april 5 and april 8,1945, destroyed 80 percent of the original buildings. The 22 that remained Are those that the . Army a is a it i its amps Bon Jonson a delegation of local German officials inspects the renovation work at the Home of the 7th army training come in Grafen Wuhr. Has carefully maintained. A from the architecture Side there has been nothing changed a said Karl Dobmann the chief of construction who has worked for 38 years at the base. Quot the outside is in the original  the interiors of several buildings have changed dramatically. Central toilets have been replaced by individual facilities. The electricity has been altered to 110 volts to accommodate american equipment. Insulation has been added Dobmann said to make the buildings More Energy efficient. Guest rooms Are comfortable and clean. The work caught the attention of Helmuth Wachter the mayor of Grafe Wohr. It was his idea to Honor the americans for their efforts. Quot anyone who invests so much Money like the . Army did in preservation of the buildings deserves respect and recognition a the mayor said. Quot this Type of architecture you Don t see be often. This particular Case demonstrates what the american army is willing to do for historical preservation. Maj. Peter Eliason of the battalions directorate of engineering and housing said the Effort instills Pride in the Community a you done to litter in front of one of these building a he said. Quot we have a unique historical infrastructure. It is our Job to preserve it and improve  asked if the architect Sievers would approve if he were to visit today Dobmann replied Quot of 100 percent a no convicted of larceny Check charges by Nancy Torner . Bureau a staff sergeant with the 20th comptroller so at Raf upper Heyford England has been Given a bad conduct discharge after being convicted of larceny and writing bad checks. Staff sgt. Simone l. Davis the noncommissioned officer in charge of commercial services also was convicted at a court martial thursday of making a false official statement and being absent without leave according to a Witten statement from capt. Keith r. Asch upper Heyford a acting staff judge advocate Davis pleaded guilty to All four charges. Davis was sentenced by judge it. Col Edward m. Starr to a bad conduct discharge reduced to the lowest rank and fined $543. According to court testimony Davis wrote 38 bad checks to the army and air Force Exchange service totalling $4,702.38 and four bad checks to the enlisted open mess totalling $400, Between dec. 22, 1992, and May 21, 1993, Alich said. The checks were written against a closed account. The larceny charge stemmed from an ins incident May 20, according to the statement. Davis produced a phony Bank letter indicating she had overpaid the enlisted open mess $90 for service charges As a result of writing bad checks. The letter claimed to be from a Bank statement indicating the Bank had erroneously closed Davis account. She was found guilty of being absent without leave for two Days in May when she falsely claimed that doctors had Fil aced her on quarters and excused her rom work according to the statement. Davis has been in the air Force for More than 10 years and has been assigned to upper Heyford for two years. For Winter by de Reavis. Staff writer Frankfurt Germany Holiday season shoppers Are finding airline travel bargains aplenty in Europe thanks to Price reductions by some major carriers. Lufthansa German airlines announced Price cuts last week of up to 50 percent on its european flights for those travelling in Small groups a two to four people. The fare reductions delighted customers and prompted some other european carriers to Cut rates As Well. A the Lufthansa offer said Ute Kaiser a spokeswoman for the airline is Good from dec 27 through March 27 Ana in eludes flights to 45 destinations in 13 countries. The reduced Price tickets must be purchased before dec. 31. Those travelling in groups of four Benefit the most under the Lufthansa discount fares. Quot the first person pays 100�?T percent of the fare the second person pays 50 percent of the Normal fare and the third and fourth person in the group each pay 25 percent of the Normal Price a Kaiser Saia. _ for example a round trip flight from any German Airport to Barcelona Spain normally costs $357 a person. Under the new plan it is $268 each for a couple $208 a person for those in a group of three and $178 apiece in a foursome. A round trip flight to Vienna Austria costs $179 each for a couple $139 per person in a Trio and $119 apiece in a group of four. Scandinavian airlines system reacted to the Lufthansa offer by cutting fares on All its routes said Sas spokesman Gerhard Strohmayer in Frankfurt. Quot prices Are identical with Lufthansa a right Down to the Penny a and the offer is also Good for the same period As Lufthansa a Strohmayer said. Strohmayer said Sas also has a so called Quot a super Fly and save Tariff offer that runs from dec. 20 to Jan. 10. Quot you save one third of the Normal Price and singles Are eligible the Only requirement is that you must spend a weekend at your destination a Strohmayer said. The dutch airline Kim quickly followed suit. A we countered the Lufthansa slash by starting our Christmas Price promotion which will run from dec. 27 to March 27,�?� said Leen Vanbaalen a press spokesman for Kim. Vanbaalen said the difference Between the Kim offer and Lufthansa a is that single passengers also qualify for the discount. Kim is offering flights for about $267 round trip from any Airport in Germany to Oslo Norway Goteborg and Stockholm Sweden Toulouse Nice Paris Lyon and Marseilles France Madrid and Barcelona Spain Lisbon and Porto Portugal Milan Rome and Venice Italy Athens Greece Copenhagen Denmark Birmingham London and Manchester England and Vienna. British airways is offering round trip Germany based flights to its destinations in the United kingdom for $178 from dec. 27 to March 27. The flights include All those from Frankfurt Cologne Disseldorf Hamburg and Bremen to London Manchester and Birmingham As Well As to Glasgow and Edinburgh Scotland average air fares in Europe were Down 7 percent last year according to Lufthansa figures. Still european 4ravelers typically pay double or More the . Fares for comparable Domestic flights